Genesis Tribute

Description:

Name:

Genesis Tribute

Screen Name:

Genesis Tribute

Years Together:

1

Level Of Commitment:

Committed

Gigs Played:

Over 100

Tend to Practice:

1 time per week

Available to Gig:

1 time(s) per week

Please go to my MySpace page to contact me: http://www.myspace.com/genesistributememphis. Apparently I have to pay to send messages on this site, and I am only doing the free membership.

I want to do a Genesis tribute band. I mean, really do it right like it should be done. I want to do it in Memphis, Tennessee. Yeah, Memphis may be the last place you would think to do this sort of thing, but I bet people will come out of the woodwork to revel in the freak show if we do it right. I sing, play keys, flute, guitar, and bass (and drums, though badly).

I plan to do vocals and flute. I am very capable of doing keys, but I have played keys in a bunch of bands and don't really want to do that again. Besides, I feel most connected to music by singing. I am somewhat capable of doing the Mike Rutherford role of bass, 12 string, bass pedals, and backing vocals, but I would have work my ass off to do that right.

I have a music degree and very good ear and can help others figure out what their parts are. I don't use other people's midi files or transcriptions because they never get it as close to correct as I can. I can offer extensive help to the keyboard player with both sounds and notes, so if you've got the chops, but not the gear or the time or discipline to figure out the notes, don't let that discourage you in the least. I can offer great help on those intricate 12 string passages, too.

I already have keys for Firth of Fifth, Watcher of the Skies, and Apocalypse in 9/8 worked out. I've also worked out Cinema Show, Can Utility, Horizons (on guitar), and Blood on the Rooftops (on guitar, not suggesting we do this one), and Lover's Leap (on guitar), though I don't really remember those anymore and would have to go through it again.

On the appearance aspect of the shows, I'm not set on what I want to do. I'm up for wearing flowers and batwings, or not. I think there should definitely be a show and not just five gray haired dudes in generic stage wear. But I'm open for a strict recreation, or our own interpretation, or something completely different if someone has a good idea. We would start small on the visuals. If you saw The Musical Box from Canada, they did a stunning, full-blown recreation that must have taken years of work. I think it would be a bad idea to aim for something like that at the start. I said "dudes" above. Ladies are welcome, as are right handed drummers, flamboyant keyboard players, short, fat bass players, and people who aren't hippie white British guys. The execution of the music is first and foremost, or else the batwings are going to make me look like an idiot.

Influences:

Genesis

Audio/Video Downloads

1. flute firth.mp3
2. flute musical box.mp3
3. flute supper.mp3
4. keys apocalypse.mp3
5. keys can utility.mp3
6. keys watcher.mp3
7. voice know what i like.mp3
8. voice lamb.mp3
9. voice musical box 1.mp3
10. voice musical box 2.mp3
11. voice supper.mp3